Hotel International 2000 Limited Kampala

... WiFi on the east coast....who would have thought the internet access in West Africa would be better than that along the East).<br><br>After a quick stop at Jinja, we headed to the Kenyan border. The scenery and people of Uganda were beautiful and different. That's the brilliant things about these travels &#8211; so many of the countries offer unique experiences, to keep me continually interested and excited.<br>

... in Kampala. More than 10,000 people live in this slum. On a sight they chose 22 years ago, there are mud huts, shared pit toilets, ditches full of rubbish and waste water, little food and many children in rags. These people were displaced by the war in the north. The government doesn&#8217;t seem to help them. In the quarry men pick up huge rocks and carry them up for the women and children to break down into gravel. For each large 5 ...

I just got to Uganda yesterday and have been enjoying just walking around and meeting the locals. My former co-worker has set me up with some of few members of his family, which just keeps getting bigger. His sister, Sarah has been taking Andy and I around everywhere. She's the best guide (and cook!) So far I've ...

... decent for where we are and again the entire meal cost me $7 which is expensive for here. Posting these blogs was quite a challenge though from Kampala as there are regular black outs throughout the day and they always happen right before you are about to click save. As an example I have re-written this blog five times over the last two hours...welcome to Africa.

... we watched fireflies and listened to the chorus of the night sounds. Next am we were up early[we have many early starts it seems!!!!] to go on the chimp trek, which took us through dense jungle. We were rewarded with seeing some chimps swinging through the trees and then settling to munch on pinenuts. Ironically we had driven 20 mins from the ranger station to start the trek and we finally saw them 10 mins walk from the station. It was well worth it. On our way to ...

... before 3:30pm and he bet it would be after - the stake is whoever loses buys the first beer tonight.<br> We stop for lunch at the side of the road and have the usual salad lunch. We quickly gather an audience of local school children who seem especially amazed at our flapping! We continue on to Kampala and unfortunately arrive at the campsite at about 4:30pm, meaning I owe Dan a beer. After setting up the tent, we ...

... I kept finding myself dragged back to the city for its people alone.<br><br>The countryside of Uganda that I have seen has been varied but almost always beautiful. The dense, almost forest-like agriculture of Luwero district could make you peer out from a hilltop and have absolutely no idea there was a village below, while the hills of Bunyonyi were reminiscent of England, or perhaps Tolkien's Shire. As you head east to Sipi Falls the land rises dramatically to the towering ...

... through. <br><br>We got a Taxi from the airport to Kampala. We were ripped off and ended up paying double but we were too tired to care. The taxi driver took us through busy back streets 'to avoid traffic' but instead we were dodging cows, goats and oncoming traffic. We then final realised the fatal error of carrying a travel book 3 years out of date as out hostel-to-be was now a medical clinic, so then we we're ...

... inevitable there is something that goes wrong when you have been having such a great time. We spent two days in Stonetown, and like I said we had planned to spend two days in the north at the beach. Michelle (the mom) lost her wallet the morning we were traveling but she did not want to ruin the trip so we headed north anyway. After a stressful search for a hotel we found one that said $8 (which we were thinking meant $8 a person). It was not like the ...